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Communicate and collaborate more effectively with employees, partners and customers.

Conferencing, Collaboration and Video Solutions

    What Is Conferencing, Collaboration and Video?

  • Conferencing, collaboration and video removes physical barriers by providing users a more effective and productive means of interacting with each other, partners and customers.

    By integrating conferencing, collaboration and video tools into a unified communications (UC) system — via web, audio and video technologies — organizations can achieve instant access to people, documents and resources regardless of location.
    • How Will Conferencing, Collaboration and Video Solutions Benefit My Business?
      Conferencing, collaboration and video solutions can help you to:
      • Provide employees a more efficient and cost-effective way to communicate
      • Enhance quality of communication and employee engagement
      • Increase productivity by enabling easy ways to share and work on documents
    • How Can I Help My Business Embrace Conferencing, Collaboration and Video Solutions?
      When considering conferencing, collaboration and video solutions, it's important to:
      • Evaluate user communication needs, with whom they communicate, and with what tools
      • Determine areas that could benefit from an enhanced communications experience
      • Identify existing and future network bandwidth and communications management needs
    • What Comprises a Conferencing, Collaboration and Video Solution?

      Conferencing, collaboration and video solutions include:
    • Voice and Data Services
      Also known as telecommunications services, voice and data services provide access to audio, web, and video communications.
    • Audio Conferencing
      Audio conferencing provides a bridge to facilitate calls between three or more parties.
    • Web Conferencing
      Web conferencing software and tools allow users to share desktops, presentations and other content with invited participants.
    • Video Conferencing
      Conducting a conference between two or more participants at different sites, using the computer network to transmit audio and video, is generally accomplished in three ways: peer-to-peer, room-to-room/multi-site and high-definition, lifelike conferencing.
    • Collaboration Software and Tools
      Collaboration encompasses a broad range of tools that enable groups of people to work together. Collaboration solutions include instant messaging, wikis, blogs, team spaces, web sharing, video and telephony.
    • Getting Started with Conferencing, Collaboration and Video

      Your CDW Canada Account Manager is ready to assist you with choosing the right solution for your IT environment. Our approach includes:
      • An initial discovery session to understand your goals, requirements and budget
      • An assessment review of your existing environment and definition of project requirements
      • Detailed vendor evaluations, recommendations, future design and proof of concept
      • Procurement, configuration and deployment of the final solution
      • Ongoing product lifecycle support

ACCOUNT MANAGER

  • To learn more, contact your account manager or call 800.972.3922.

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